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PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
Assailed in this petition for certiorari1 are the Decision2
dated March 5, 2012 and the Resolution3 dated October 4,
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The Facts
The instant case arose from a Complaint6 dated August
2, 2010 filed by Virgilio C. Briones (Briones) for Nullity of
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14 Id., at p. 52.
15 Id., at pp. 81-84.
16 Id., at p. 83.
17 Id., at p. 81.
18 Id., at pp. 82-83.
19 See Opposition/Comment to the Motion to Dismiss dated September
7, 2010; id., at pp. 169-171.
20 Id., at p. 169.
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21 Id., at p. 86.
22 Id.
23 Not attached to the records of the case. Id., at p. 88.
24 Id., at p. 88.
25 Not attached to the records of the case. Id., at pp. 23-24.
26 Id., at pp. 23-30.
27 Id., at p. 30.
28 Id., at pp. 25-29.
29 Id., at pp. 29-30.
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30 See Motion for Reconsideration dated March 16, 2012; id., at pp. 31-
37.
31 Id., at pp. 39-40.
32 See Omni Hauling Services, Inc. v. Bon, G.R. No. 199388,
September 3, 2014, 734 SCRA 270, citing Ramos v. BPI Family Savings
Bank, Inc., G.R. No. 203186, December 4, 2013, 711 SCRA 590.
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Rule 4
VENUE OF ACTIONS
SECTION 1. Venue of real actions.—Actions affecting title to
or possession of real property, or interest therein, shall be
commenced and tried in the proper court which has jurisdiction
over the area wherein the real property involved, or a portion
thereof, is situated.
Forcible entry and detainer actions shall be commenced and
tried in the municipal trial court of the municipality or city
wherein the real property involved, or a portion thereof, is
situated.
SEC. 2. Venue of personal actions.—All other actions may be
commenced and tried where the plaintiff or any of the principal
plaintiffs resides, or where the defendant or any of the principal
defendants resides, or in the case of a nonresident defendant
where he may be found, at the election of the plaintiff.
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35 See Lantin v. Lantion, 531 Phil. 318, 323-324; 499 SCRA 718, 720
(2006).
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